careful
/ˈkɛɹfəl/ adjective A1- Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious. · He was a slow and careful driver.· Be very careful (while) trekking through the jungle.
- Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous. · They made a careful search of the crime scene.
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But just as Teddy was stooping, something wriggled a little in the dust, and a tiny voice said: “Be careful.
“Well, I see that I’ll have to be very careful what I say after this, Marilla, since the fine feelings of orphans, brought from goodness knows where, have to be considered before anything else.
“Oh, we’re very careful, Marilla.
“But we’re so careful to put a moral into them all, Marilla,” explained Anne.
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